Baby Snakes is a film which includes footage from Frank Zappa's 1977 Halloween concerts at the Palladium in New York City.

Other studios followed United Artists' lead, fearing that Zappa's "cinematic style" had lost considerable appeal in 1970s pop culture, and also declined to distribute the film.

The complete 2-hour 45-minute version of the film was released as a double videocassette in 1987, with the soundtrack album being issued on CD around the same time.

Baby Snakes was released on DVD on December 9, 2003, by Eagle Vision United States in its complete unedited form.

[3] Movie historian Leonard Maltin considered the picture "Excruciating...In every fifth shot, Frankie is in closeup; either that or a fan runs up, kisses him, and screeches for joy.